BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2022) — Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, THE PLANET appeared along with writer Paul Kocak in Auburn, NY for a talk and reading at the Octane Social Club. It was a great success, meeting-and-greeting, selling and signing books. We and […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD 1, 3/21/22 — We present two items from the Pittsfield Police Department: On Saturday March 19th 2022 at approximately 7:44pm members of the Pittsfield Police Department (PPD) responded to the 300 block of Columbus Avenue for a ShotSpotter activation. Multiple shell casings were discovered in that […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 18-20, 2022) — On Monday, THE PLANET reported on the four 6-4 votes by our Right Honorable Good Friend on the Pittsfield city council not to support a plan presented by Charles Ivar Kronick along with Ken Warren, Karen Kalinowsky, […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 16, 2022) — Yesterday wasn’t a great day for Julius Caesar back in the day. It wasn’t all that great for Berkshire County district attorney Andrea Harrington, either. Seems that THE PLANET‘s friends and colleagues at the Berkshire Eagle and in the […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARcH 14, 2020) — 6-4. 6-4. 6-4. Stuck record. Ground Hog’s Day. Deja vu, all over again. Same old same old. Those were the identical votes, from the identical sixes and fours, at last week’s city council meeting, where Our Right Honorable Good […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ————————————————————- Now on Sale! Dan Valenti’s new book, Third Person Singular. This collaboration with Jerri Chaplin and Paul Kocak, two of the nation’s finest contemporary poets, offers three books in one, a trinity of outstanding new literature sure to please. Makes a great “Buy Berkshire” gift. Published […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY ADD #1 3/9/22: THE PLANET has heard from two reliable sources that attorney Tim Shugrue will be entering the race for district attorney. He would join Bob Sullivan and incumbent Andrea Harrington, assuming the latter decides to run for re-election. ADD #2 3/9/22 late afternoon: It’s official. […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY MARCH 7, 2022) — THE PLANET opens with a couple notes on crime, followed up by another note on crime. Got the theme? From Lt. John Soules, Pittsfield Police Dept.: On Thursday March 3 2022 at approximately 2:24pm members of the Pittsfield Police […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION MARCH 4-6, 2-22) — President Biden’s SOTU address Tuesday failed to perform the “reset” for which he had hoped. That’s a political consideration, one that doesn’t interest THE PLANET in the least. There were, however, several specifics of the address that […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 2, 2022) — At the conclusion of this column, THE PLANET has two important questions to ask. These queries are two of the most solicitations we have ever presented. But first, we set it up. Please read on. ———- ooo ———- They […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY FEB. 28, 2022) — Welcome to the week, an uncertain one at best given world events. Buy our book! Then buckle your seat belts as we break some big local news. THE PLANET begins with this blatant plug in the form of a […]
BTY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION FEB. 25-7, 2022) — There is only one story right now: Ukraine. News and commentary in cyberspace is never more overwrought than in moments such as this. The internet allows instantaneous updates faster than humans can give them. The analyses will […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 23, 2022) — How much “truth” do you extract out of official U.S. government sources and mainstream media? Do you believe what they say, particularly about world affairs? The question forms the heart of this column. The answer remains personal, one each […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY FEB. 21, 2022) — While the greed mongers who have ruined the wonderful sport formerly known as baseball argue over how to split the billions they milk from suckered fans, THE PLANET has far more important things to mention. Allow us to mention […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION FEB. 18-20, 2022) — The City of Pittsfield has recall provisions in its incorporating documents. Keep that in mind. You have have heard the recent developments in San Francisco, arguable the most loon-let city in the country. Voters there got fed […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 16, 2022) — Today on THE PLANET, the latest chapter of our “Profiles in Courage,” aka your state reps. C’mon down, state reps Adam Hines, John Barrett III, Paul Mark, Tricia-Farley-Bouvier, and Smitty Pignatelli Granted, they aren’t personally responsible for the following […]
